'That's certainly one way to say unintended explosion': Elon Musk's SpaceX ridiculed after describing explosion of Starship as rapid unscheduled disassembly
Elon Musk's SpaceX has been ridiculed on social media for describing the explosion of its Starship rocket as a "Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly".
The world's biggest ever rocket launched today on its second attempt, but exploded minutes later - in a test flight that was hailed as a 'success' by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.SpaceX described the explosion as a "rapid unscheduled disassembly".The phrasing has been ridiculed online, including by dictionary.com, who tweeted: "We're pretty good with synonyms, but "rapid unscheduled disassembly" is a new one, even for us.
As if the flight test was not exciting enough, Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly before stage separation
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